Description
The Scarlet Pimpernel DVD 1998 Valentin Gautier / Directed by Patrick Lau / Starring: Richard E. Grant, Elizabeth McGovern, Martin Shaw
UPC 5055019500718
MADE IN EU
REGION 2 PAL DVD
AUDIO: English 2.0
TOTAL RUNTIME: 90 MINUTES
English Summary:
Richard E.Grant returns as the foppish English aristocrat Sir Percy Blakeney with a secret identity Scarlet Pimpernel, rescuing noblemen from the clutches of the guillotine during the height of the French Revolution.
In this second film of the series, The Scarlet Pimpernel meets his match when he is forces to confront Gabrielle Damiens, alias Mademoiselle Guillotine (Denise Black), the French Revolution's most fearless whip-wielding killer. He travels to France with his wife Marguerite (Elizabeth McGovern) to rescue the daughter of a French nobleman. Chauvelin (Martin Shaw) is sent by Robespierre to stamp out a rebellion by an aristocrat Henri (James Callis), but is held hostage and his men murdered.
Cast
- Stuart Fox as Monsieur Jouvin
- Sarah Berger as Madame Jouvin
- Dalibor Sipek as The Dauphin
- Suzanne Bertish as La Touraine
- Jonathan Coy as Prince of Wales
- Richard E Grant as Sir Percy Blakeney
- Elizabeth McGovern as Lady Marguerite Blakeney
- Anthony Green as Sir Andrew Foulkes
- Beth Goddard as Lady Suzanne Foulkes
- Jerome Willis as Baron Valdemar
- Martin Shaw as Chauvelin
- Ron Donachie as Mazarini
- Gerard Murphy as Planchet
- Ronan Vibert as Robespierre
- Winter Uhlarik as Cecile
- Karel Roden as Figaro
- Bryce Engstrom as Gaston
- Philip Fox as Auctioneer
- Stephen Churchett as Doorman
- Christopher Fairbank as Fumier
Starring | Richard E. Grant Martin Shaw (series 1) Elizabeth McGovern (series 1) Caroline Carver (series 2) |
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Theme music composer | Michal Pavlíček |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of series | 2 |
No. of episodes | 6 |
Production | |
Running time | 6x90 minutes |
Production company(s) | London Films A&E Television Productions BBC Birmingham Productions |
Release | |
Original network | BBC One |
Picture format | 16:9 |
Audio format | Stereo |
Original release | 24 January 1999 – 1 November 2000 |